in Mrs. Bedard's Classroom

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	Daily Schedule	Weekly Newsletter
School Store		Birthdays
Letter of the Week	Special Activities	Story of the Week
Book It	Reminders	E-Mail me
Problem Solving	Sight words	Creative Corner

Welcome to Kindergarten in Mrs. Bedard's Classroom. We currently have 17 students in our all day class. We hope to build a caring community of active learners.

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 Birthdays

March 6 - Sam	March 12- Meghan
March 25 - Hannah	March 27- Emma
April 9 - Jacob	May 12- Martine
May 20 - Owen	June 13 - Hunter
July 31 - Chloe-Mae	August 1- Mrs. Bedard
August 29- Kazi

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Daily Schedule

8:35-9:00	Greetings, Jobs, Morning Meeting
9:00-9:30	Calendar, Every Day Math, Morning Message
9:30-10:30	Literacy Block-Houghton Mifflin Reading Program
10:30-10:55	Every Day Math, Problem Solving
10:55-12:05	Lunch and Recess, Community Time (Coooperative Learning, Organized Game)
12:05-12:50	United Arts
12:50-1:30	Recess and Dismissal
1:30-2:30	Center Time-Journal Writing, Reading Listening (Tape and Story), Computers, Art Table Manipulative, Blocks, Skill Building Games
2:30-3:00	Snack Time and Choice Time
3:00-3:15	Recess and Dismissal

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Special Activities

Library Class	Art Class	Music	P.E.	Other Activities	Cool Websites for Kids
Library class is every Friday.     Please send in books on Thursday so we will have 100% return for our class.	Art class is on Wednesday.      Please provide a paint shirt for your child for art class and project work in our classroom.	Music class in on Monday	P.E. class is on Tuesday and Thursday.       Remember your sneakers.	On March 10th All of the Milton Kindergarten will go to the Flynn Theatre to see The Very Hungry Caterpillar.	www.pbsparents.org

Reading Buddies are every other Friday.

We read with Mrs. Goodrich's 4th graders.

We are growing marigolds from seeds.

We observe the growth and record the changes in our Science Journal.

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Letter of the Week

Review the Vowels

Write short vowel words

Play short vowel bingo

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Story(ies) of the Week

The Houghton Mifflin Theme is Wheels Go Around

The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski

Vrooom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom by Anne Miranda

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Children will learn to read in a variety of ways including the use of picture clues and sounding out, but a good base of sight words (words that can be read instantly) will help your child gain more confidence as a reader, read with better fluency and pull more meaning from print.

Sight words your child has been introduced to in Kindergarten this year:

I, can, am, is, see, like, cat, zoo, Dad, dog, said " ", yes, no, here, a, the, this, my, look, love, Mom, oh, he, stop, she, go, up, down, it, come

Our school is participating in the Book It! program. Your child will bring home a reading contract each month beginning in October and ending in March. This contract will tell you how many books your child needs to read or listen to. Just list the titles on the contract as you read them. Once you reach the quota, sign the contract and send it back to school. Your child will receive a coupon to get a free personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut. Children who complete all 5 contracts will be recognized at the year's end.

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School Store

School Store Supplies

5 cents	25 cents	50 cents	75 cents	1 dollar	1 dollar 25 cents
erasers	pop pencils rulers	sharpeners pens glitters glue glue sticks crayons memo pads gel pens	folders wrist wallets markers keychains	paint sets scissors	pencil boxes stapler kits

The school store offers children the opportunity to make choices, purchase tools for skill building, and use money/experience economics(a social studies standard).

The store is run by the PTA and profits go into maintaining the store and the PTA general fund which is used to support many school and teacher projects.

Kindergarten classes visit the School Store once a month. We have finished our visits to the School Store.

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I see 5 umbrellas.

2 kids are under each.

How many kids?

Draw a diagram (simple picture), make a key,

tell your helper how you solved the problem/ write the answer.

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Please return all library books on Thursday

Hot Lunch is $2.00

Milk is $.35

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We had fun learning about the country of china.

Can you see it on the world globe?

We go to the computer lab often. We get practice reading using a program called Lexia. We have learned how to make designs on the computer with a drawing program called Tool Factory.

This design is by Asa.

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E-mail me

lbedard@mtsd-vt.org